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The traffic soared incredibly: by 1745 Martinique had 60,000 slaves and only 16,000 whites, while Guadeloupe had even more slaves and fewer whites.
In 1871 under the Third Republic, Martinique and Guadeloupe were granted representation in the National Assembly in Paris, which they have retained ever since.
The first naval attacks by the redcoats were against Guadeloupe in 1691 and 1703.
After Britain seized Guadeloupe, Victor Hugues, commissaire of the Convention, wrenched the island back, proclaimed slavery abolished, and set about guillotining the old-guard colons.
Ironically, the British occupation gave Guadeloupe’s economy a big boost: between 20,000 and 30,000 more slaves were transported in and new cane-grinding windmills built, all of which spurred the sugar trade to unprecedented prosperity.